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spryttan

  • verb [ weak ]
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spryttan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§527;
intrans.
To sprout, spring, germinate
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  • Ðonne sprit his gird

    germinabit virga ejus,

      Num. 17, 5.

  • Up spryt riht*-*wísnys

    orietur justitia,

      Ps. Lamb. 71, 7.

  • Tó ðý hé sprytt, ðæt hé mid cwyldum fornyme swá hwæt swá hé ǽr sprytte,

      Homl. Th. i. 614, 9.

  • Ðonne treówa spryttaþ, ðonne wite gé ðæt hit sumorlǽhþ,

      614, 4.

  • Ðonne treów and wyrta ǽrest up spryttaþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 148, 6: Met. 29, 68.

  • Up spryttende

    pululantes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 4.

  • Folc weóx swilce hig of eorðan spryttende wǽron

    creverunt et quasi germinantes mulliplicati sunt,

      Ex. 1, 7.

  • Ealle spryttende þingc

    universa germinantia,

      Hymn. T. P. 76.

  • Eft spryttendum ðám twigum

    renascentibus virgultis,

      Bd. 1, 21; S. 485, 5. [He is ase þe wiði þet
    t]
trans,
To put forth a shoot, bring forth fruit
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  • Seó eorðe spryt hyre wæstmas eów,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 159.

  • Ðes wíngeard sprytte Godes gecorenan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 74, 4: i. 614, 10.

  • Spritte seó eorðe grówende gærs

    germinet terra herbam virentem,

      Gen. 1, 11.

  • God hét ða eorðan spryttan grówende gærs,

      Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 33.

  • Nǽnne wæstm tó spryttanne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 90, 18.
to incite (cf. þurh þes (
Ranulf's) macunge and tóspryttinge se eorl pis land mid unfriðe gesóhte,
    Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1)
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  • Sprytte

    instigavit,

    Anglia xiii.
      36, 245.

  • Ðá sprytte se deófol ðæt folc tó his (

    Christ's

    ) siege,
      Homl. Th. i. 216, 14.

  • Ðæt hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrðrian wolde, and his bearn tó ðam ylcan sprittan wolde,

      Chart. Th. 116, 22.
Similar entries
v. á-spryttan.
Linked entries
v.  sprýtan tó-sprytting.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “spryttan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28598.

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